Inquest opens into deaths of girls stabbed in Southport attack

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Inquest opens into deaths of girls stabbed in Southport attack
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Bebe King, six, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, all died after a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class

The inquests into the deaths of three youngsters at a Tayor Swift-themed dance class have been opened. Bebe King, six, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, all died in a mass stabbing at the Hart Space in Southport on Monday, July 29.

She told the hearing: "It is impossible to adequately articulate the devastating, lifelong effects the truly tragic events of Monday, July 29 2024 have had, and will continue to have, on the parents, families and friends of Elsie, Bebe and Alice, who cruelly lost their young lives in such horrific circumstances.

Family, friends and people in the local community have paid tribute to the youngsters. Hundreds of floral tributes have been left at the scene in Hart Street and vigils have taken place in the town to remember the girls.

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